A Chinese national pursuing his Master’s degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has pleaded guilty to filming a female housemate showering in August.
Shin Min Daily News reported that 23-year-old Zeng Ze Qun committed the crime at a private accommodation he rented west of Singapore.
Screamed in terror
According to facts of the case, Zeng was eating dinner in the kitchen when he noticed that his housemate was taking a shower at about 9:25pm on Aug 18.
After putting his half-eaten meal in the fridge, Zeng quietly slipped into the toilet, put his arm through the window and started filming his housemate with his phone.
When Zeng’s housemate realised what had happened, she screamed and dressed herself before leaving the toilet.
As for Zeng, he fled the scene and made his way to a nearby mall, where he deleted the videos to cover his tracks.
However, he was arrested by police when he returned to the unit.
Gets a kick out of filming housemate
Charge sheets stated that Zeng had filmed his housemate a total of 10 times between June 20 and Aug 18 when she was either showering or undressing herself in her room.
In court, Zeng testified that he feels excited whenever he films his housemate, adding that it was his method of relieving academic pressure and anxiety.
Police were unable to recover the videos from Zeng’s phone as he would delete the videos he took a week later.
The prosecution requested for a jail sentence of at least six and a half months to be handed out to Zeng.
However, the defence counsel asked for a deferment of Zeng’s sentence, saying that he was currently in his final semester of his Master of Science programme at NUS.
Zeng will know his fate on Dec 16 after pleading guilty on Oct 20.
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